Fight pancreatic cancer 
Salt Lake Tribune
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Its five-year survival rate is 4 percent, the lowest of all the cancers. Despite this, the federal government has no strategy to combat pancreatic cancer.

 

IMAGE GALLERY: Police Chase for A Cure [VIDEO] 
Patch.com
The 6th Annual Framingham Police Chase for a Cure was held this weekend to benefit the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. By Susan Petroni This was one chase where no one was arrested. On Saturday, the 6th Annual Framingham Police Chase for a Cure was ...

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Crownsville student honored for pancreatic cancer test 
Baltimore Sun (blog)
Fifteen-year-old Jack Andraka of Crownsville won the top prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for designing a new moth to detect pancreatic cancer, Intel announced Friday. The fair, held in Pittsburgh, is the world's largest ...
Cancer test scores $75000 science prize for teen USA TODAY
Fifteen-Year-Old Creates Non-Invasive Pancreatic Cancer Detection Tool MarketWatch (press release)
Teen develops early stage, noninvasive pancreatic cancer detector, wins Intel ... MedCity News
KWTX  -Pittsburgh Post Gazette 
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NY judge with cancer makes case for marijuana 
Newsday
Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Gustin Reichbach, who is being treated for pancreatic cancer, wrote in a New York Times article on Thursday that he had been using marijuana provided by friends at "great personal risk" to help him cope with the nausea, ...
A Judge's Plea for Pot New York Times
Cannabis Science Supports Judge Gustin L. Reichbach's 'Plea for Pot' in New ... MarketWatch (press release)
Judge Gustin Reichbach of Brooklyn admits he smokes marijuana to ease ... New York Daily News

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Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Night with the Springfield Cardinals 
Springfield News-Leader
Join us for a fun evening for the whole family that raises awareness about pancreatic cancer and also supports the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Please wear PURPLE to show your support for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

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See Video: Team Reason Fundraising Tops Six Figures 
WBAL Radio
Friends, colleagues and fans of the late Ron Smith gathered in Cockeysville Sunday for a barbecue to help raise money for pancreatic cancer research. Ron's widow June joined members of Team Reason, the charity formed after Ron's death last December, ...

 

Slideshow: Red Bank Regional Community Relays for Life 
Patch.com
By Amy Byrnes "This is the fight of a life, for a life," said Little Silver resident Jon Bitman who spoke at the start of Friday night's Relay for Life of the Two Rivers about his battle with stage four pancreatic cancer.

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Early Biomarker Identified for Pancreatic Cancer 
ABC News
Scientists at the University of California at San Diego School of Medicine have identified a new biomarker for pancreatic cancer. The finding helps researchers move one step forward in creating therapeutic treatments for the potentially deadly disease.

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Google goes cancer: Search engine algorithm finds cancer biomarkers 
Science Daily (press release)
Researchers from Dresden University of Technology, Germany, have used a modified version of Google's PageRank algorithm to rank about 20000 proteins by their genetic relevance to the progression of pancreatic cancer. In their study, published in PLoS ...
Google's Algorithm Proves Useful in Cancer Study NBC San Diego (blog)
'Google Algorithm Finds Cancer Biomarkers' Medical News Today
Google-like algorithm may reveal better biomarkers for cancer Scope (blog)
Insidermedicine 
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Pancreatic cancer survivor raises awareness 
San Francisco Chronicle
As a six-year survivor of pancreatic cancer, Diane Borrison knows she's in a select group. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth-leading cause of cancer deaths, it has the lowest survival rate of all cancers and only 6 percent of patients survive more than ...
Slam and Bulldogs join forces to fight pancreatic cancer Bellingham Herald

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